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Table 1 Respondent characteristics by partner screening status

From: “A loving man has a very huge responsibility”: A mixed methods study of Malawian men’s knowledge and beliefs about cervical cancer

 

Total n = 120

Partner screening status

Not previously screened n = 47

Previously screened n = 73

Respondent age (years), mean (range)

44

(23–71)

42

(23–71)

47

(34–66)

Respondent level of educational attainment, n %

 Primary 4 or less

12

10%

7

15%

5

7%

 Primary 5–8

42

35%

17

36%

25

34%

 Secondary

48

40%

18

38%

30

41%

 Beyond secondary

18

15%

5

11%

13

18%

Respondent occupation, n %

 Wage employment excluding casual work

53

44%

16

34%

37

51%

 Household or self-run business

60

50%

28

60%

32

44%

 Casual work

7

6%

3

6%

4

5%

Respondent financial status past year, n %

 Income was sufficient and I saved

44

37%

18

38%

26

36%

 Only just met expenses

57

48%

23

49%

34

47%

 Income insufficient so I used savings or borrowed

19

16%

6

13%

13

18%

Respondent partnership status, n %

 One wife

85

71%

32

68%

53

73%

 One wife, multiple sexual partners

25

21%

10

21%

15

21%

 Multiple wives

10

8%

5

11%

5

7%

Primary partner age (years), mean (range)

38

(20–65)

34

(20–65)

40

(23–59)

Primary partner reported HIV status, n %

 Positive

78

65%

26

55%

52

71%

 Negative or unknown

42

35%

21

45%

21

29%

  1. †Five respondents were unaware of their partner’s screening status and were dropped from all subsequent analyses